Week in Photos

Will Ferrell is injured while playing in the Soccer Aid 2012 event to raise funds for UNICEF.

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Novelist Toni Morrison receives the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Barack Obama during a ceremony at the White House in Washington, D.C.

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Tribal militants loyal to the powerful al-Ahmar family carry their belongings after barricades, set up during last year’s fighting with security forces, were removed in Sanaa.

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A firefighter battles a blaze at the Sabritas firm parking lot in Michoacan, Mexico.

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A man visits the Vietnam Memorial Wall in Washington, DC. People around the United States celebrate Memorial Day to honor veterans and those members of the US military who have fallen in past and present wars.

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Men sit at the Madrid stock exchange. The premium investors require to hold Spanish government bonds over their German counterparts hit its highest since the euro was launched on Monday as the state’s takeover of Bankia fueled concerns over the rising costs for Spain of helping its banks.

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Children take up their positions next to their school desks inside a school during a simulated disaster by a fictitious earthquake of 9.0 on the Richter scale and an ensuing tsunami, in Valparaiso, about 75 miles northwest of Santiago.

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An Egyptian man places clay pots to dry in the sun at a warehouse in Cairo.

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Singer Bob Dylan receives the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Barack Obama during a ceremony at the White House in Washington, D.C.

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A couple sits on a bench as the fog covers the Puerto Madero-area in Buenos Aires.

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Workers sleep under a tree in front a garment factory during a strike in protest over low wages at Hlaing Tharyar industrial zone, on the outskirts of Yangon.

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Nicolas Pizzaro, of Mexico, competes on his horse Crossing Jordan during the Grand Prix Special dressage competition at the 76th international horse show at Whitsun.

A woman wipes away as tear as President Obama speaks during a ceremony marking Memorial Day at Arlington National Cemetery.

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A view of clandestine ovens used to make charcoal from wood cut illegally from the Amazon rainforest in Goianesia, Para State.

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Venezuelan cadets are seen on flagship “Simon Bolivar” as they leave the port of Cartagena. Cartagena was the last stop on the way back to Venezuela in a three-month trip around the Caribbean.

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President Obama, left, stands during a moment of silence before placing a commemorative wreath at the Tomb of the Unknowns at Arlington National Cemetery.

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Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta, left, talks with a member of the US Military as he visits graves in Section 60 on Memorial Day at Arlington National Cemetery. Section 60 is reserved for veterans of the Iraq War.

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A child laughs as he plays in a pool of plastic balls at a park in Shenyang, China.

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A couple poses for wedding pictures in the millennium town Shushengguli in Shaoxing, China. The millennium town Shushengguli was named after the home of Wang Xizhi, the saga of calligraphy.

Three paddle surfers surf on Outer Alster Lake on a hot spring day in Hamburg, Germany.

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An Italian policewoman patrols a street near a collapsed building in Cavezzo near Modena.

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An Indian migrant laborer washes himself as he cools off on a warm morning in New Delhi, India.

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A view of Nevado del Ruiz volcano taken from Cerro Guali, in Manizales, Colombia. Colombian authorities elevated the alert to orange, after an unusual increase in volcanic activity.

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View of a twin-engine aircraft that crashed on Sunday near Calafate, Minas Gerais state, Brazil. No victims were found at the site of the crash. Police suspects that the plane was used for some illicit activity, because neither the pilot nor any passenger was found.

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An Indian mango vendor drinks a glass of water on a warm morning in New Delhi, India. The temperature in the Indian capital soared in recent days reaching 109 degrees Fahrenheit.

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A woman eats her lunch while surrounded by a gaggle of Canada geese feeding along the banks of the Charles River in Cambridge, Mass.

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A lantern draped with a flower lei floats on the water as thousands of lanterns are released during the Na Lei Aloha Lantern Floating event held by the Shinnyo-en Buddhist organization at Ala Moana beach park during Memorial Day in Honolulu, Hawaii.

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The USS Port Royal, a guided missile cruiser, is escorted into San Francisco Bay by a fireboat after passing beneath the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, Calif.

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Passengers walk about during a cleaning staff protest at Barcelona’s airport. Cleaning staff working for a company which has a contract with the airport demonstrated against pay and benefits cuts made by their employer.

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Liberian ex-president Charles Taylor (C), accused of arming Sierra Leone’s rebels who paid him in “blood diamonds,” listens to the judge at the opening of the sentencing judgement hearing at the court in Leidschendam, near The Hague, The Netherlands.

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An Indian woman dries paddy after harvesting at Burha Mayong village, near Gauhati, India. India plans to export up to 7 million tons of rice this year and a similar amount in the next fiscal year, according to government figures.

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Joanne Gregory travels across the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct with the Olympic Flame during the Torch Relay leg between Wrexham and Trevor, England.

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Afghan fire fighters try to extinguish a burning NATO oil tanker in Nangarahr province, eastern of Afghanistan. According to police officials, a NATO oil tanker was set ablaze near the U.S airport in Nangarhar province.

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A construction worker stands on a platform amongst the Union Flags in the rafters of Covent Garden installed in honor of the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee in London.

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Pope Benedict XVI waves as he arrives for his weekly general audience at St Peter’s square at The Vatican.

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A man crosses a railway track as he carries harvested paddy in village Digaru Mukh, near Gauhati, India.

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A passenger walks among rubbish and paper during a strike by the cleaning staff against budget cuts at Barcelona’s airport in Barcelona, Spain.

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A policeman stands guard near a hut consumed by flames that was deliberately set on fire during an eradication of illegal coca plants at the Carrasco National Park, in Pampa Colorada, Bolivia.

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Models present “ball gowns” in the colors of the nations taking part in the Euro 2012 European Football Championships at the Lohmuehle stadium in Luebeck, northern Germany.

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A man rides his bike in the streets of Cavezzo past buildings that collapsed in the Emilia Romagna region. An earthquake struck northern Italy Tuesday, killing at least 15 people and injuring 200 others. Approximately 14,000 people slept in tents, shelters or cars outside their destroyed homes.

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An Israeli soldier scuffles with a Palestinian farmer as villagers are prevented from working on their lands in the West Bank village of Tuqua, east of Bethlehem, near the Jewish settlement of Tekoa. Palestinians need permission from Israeli authorities in order to be able to access their own lands located near Jewish settlements.

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Backdropped by Tower Bridge, hundreds of students from more than 100 nationalities toss their graduation caps into the air in a Guinness World Record attempt for the most people throwing graduation caps simultaneously outside City Hall in London.

A surfer enjoys high waves in a sunny day at Camburi beach, in Sao Sebastiao, Sao Paulo, Brazil.

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East Timorese fishermen prepare to work at a traditional port in Dili, East Timor. East Timor also known as Timor Leste is one of the World’s poorest nations. The home of 1.2 million people where about half of the population live below the poverty line and struggle to increase the living standard.

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A woman crosses a flooded street on a row of tables in Wuhan, central China’s Hubei province. China is hit by big summer rainfalls every year, as heavy downpours across large swathes of the country trigger flooding, landslides and other rain-related disasters.

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Special workers, hanging by ropes, clean the windows of the world’s tallest skyscraper, Burj Khalifa, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The team washes and cleans 24,348 windows, or about 120,000 sq meters of glass covering the super tall skyscraper.

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A Mexican university student, also a member of the new movement called “Yo soy 132″ (I am #132), uses a Guy Fawkes mask during a demonstration to demand the TV broadcasting of the second debate of the four presidential candidates in Mexico City.

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A policeman passes by the statue depicting Woody Allen at Milicias Nacionales street in Oviedo, northern Spain. The sculpture has been painted in red by unknown attackers.

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Officials and locals gather around the fallen compartments of Doon Express, a passenger train which derailed in Jaunpur, India.

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Passengers crowd to take the train during rush hour in central Sao Paulo, Brazil.

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A child jumps into a fountain to beat the heat, in New Delhi, India. The temperature in the Indian capital soared to 113 degrees Fahrenheit.

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A group of 13 Chinese nationals seized by police in Sri Lanka over a $11.5 million telecom scam targeting people in China are taken off the plane as they arrive back in Beijing.

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Young schoolchildren wear anti-smoking masks during a “No Tobacco” rally in Kolkata. Worldwide “No Tobacco Day” is observed around the globe every year on May 31.

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The SpaceX Dragon capsule is seen just after the capsule was released from the Canadarm2. The Dragon capsule splashed down today in the Pacific Ocean.

A model presents a creation for the Giorgio Armani fashion show in Beijing.

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People touch a new sculpture in SoHo called “Survival of Serena” by Carol A Feuerman in New York.

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A man transports ducks on a motorcycle to a market in Nam Ha province, outside Hanoi, Vietnam.

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Former President George W. Bush and his wife Laura stand next to his portrait during a unveiling ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington.

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President Obama waves as he heads toward his motorcade after arriving in Minneapolis.

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Sisters Nicole and Natalie Mouzon, who are band members at Eleanor Roosevelt High School in Greenbelt, Maryland, play a few songs on the flute and violin from their tattered song sheets to generate money for a high school field trip to New York City in the subway next to the White House in Washington, DC.

Two women walk on unused railway tracks in Beijing. China’s manufacturing activity grew at a markedly lower rate in May, providing further confirmation that the world’s number two economy is slowing rapidly.

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Afghan police destroy poppy (raw material to be used in making heroin) fields in Deshala district and Pol-e-Hisar district, Afghanistan.

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Girls perform to celebrate International Children’s Day at a kindergarten for children of migrant workers in Beijing. China’s Premier Wen Jiabao recently visited several children of migrant workers in central China’s Hunan province and acknowledged the contributions migrant workers have made toward boosting China’s economic growth, reassuring them that their children will be well taken care of in their absence.

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Indian children dive in the River Ganges in Varanasi, India. Varanasi, known as the city of temples and learning, is one of the most sacred places of pilgrimage for Hindus.

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A child points a toy gun at a painting of a US soldier during a game for children on the grounds of Kyongsang Kindergarten in Kyongsang, North Korea as the country marked International Children’s Day.

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Members of the Philippine National Police (PNP) Aviation Security Group use an improvised bomb to blast through the main door of a building simulating an airport control tower seized by a mock terrorist group, during the Crisis Action Force anti-terrorism drill inside police headquarters in Camp Bagong Diwa at Taguig, south of Manila.

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Bangladeshi acrobats perform in Dhaka. Street circus, a major part of Bangladeshi culture, is very popular in the countryside.

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A child plays inside a balloon float on water at the Chaoyang park during International Children’s Day in Beijing.

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A worker uses the tapping process to separate nickel ore from other elements at the nickel processing plant owned by PT Vale Indonesia, Sulawesi Province. Newly announced ownership rules for foreign-owned mines in Indonesia are a big worry and greater clarity is needed from the government.

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Buildings are engulfed in fog in Yantai, Shandong Province of China.

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Bicycle designer Dieter (Didi) Senft sits on, according reports by its builder, “largest functional bicycle in the world” in Pudagla, Germany. The bike is part of a special exhibition in the museum ‘World of Inventions’ in Pudagla on Usedom Island.

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Team Russia performs with balls during the group alternating at the Rhythmic Gymnastics European Championships, in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia. Team Russia won the Gold medal.

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A young woman enjoys the sun in Copacabana Beach, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.